Matthew Kerner on trade finance
From #201 Matt Kerner: Microsoft's Coco Framework – The Holy Grail for Enterprise · · Epicenter Podcast
“Supply‑chain finance providers will extend credit to suppliers in order to manufacture and ship the goods, and by sharing verifiable data about past performance and deliveries they can get better terms for trade‑finance loans; by getting better terms the cost that the buyer has to pay ultimately for the goods goes down and the margin for the supplier goes up.”
On , Matthew Kerner, Chief Technology Officer & Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Solutions at Microsoft, spoke about trade finance during #201 Matt Kerner: Microsoft's Coco Framework – The Holy Grail for Enterprise on Epicenter Podcast.
About Matthew Kerner
Matthew Kerner, Chief Technology Officer and Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Solutions at Microsoft, has been involved in the company's blockchain and financial services initiatives. In a 2018 interview, Kerner discussed Microsoft's Coco Framework, which uses trusted execution environments for consortium blockchain networks. He described potential applications in supply-chain finance, noting that sharing verifiable data about past performance could help suppliers obtain better trade-finance loan terms. Kerner also referenced the Microsoft Ireland case, in which the company fought to require warrants in the jurisdiction where data is held. In a 2022 session on Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services, Kerner highlighted features of the platform, including a unified customer profile application that provides a holistic view of customers' life events, financial holdings, and family connections. He also demonstrated a loan tracker application that displays the status of loans across verification, processing, and closing stages, along with details on involved parties and their assets and liabilities.